A last minute change was made to the mage Arcane Barrage spell which reduced its spell power coefficient. This change did not make it into the 3.0.9 patch notes. We will be carefully evaluating this change and its effects on game balance in both PvE and PvP. If you have constructive feedback to provide, please do so in this thread.
A last minute change was made to the mage Arcane Barrage spell which reduced its spell power coefficient. This change did not make it into the 3.0.9 patch notes. We will be carefully evaluating this change and its effects on game balance in both PvE and PvP. If you have constructive feedback to provide, please do so in this thread.
Reduced spell power coefficient? Does that just means it does less damage?
I feel as though I'm forced into using ABarr as an AB-stack dump rather than because it's a solid spell in PvE.
I feel as though I'm forced into still using ABarr as my primary source of DPS in PvP because I still don't have much incentive to stand and cast as Arcane spec.
You're lucky you're even allowed to purchase WotLK without a 2200 personal rating!
A last minute change was made to the mage Arcane Barrage spell which reduced its spell power coefficient. This change did not make it into the 3.0.9 patch notes. We will be carefully evaluating this change and its effects on game balance in both PvE and PvP. If you have constructive feedback to provide, please do so in this thread.
Reducing Barrage's damage is fine. You just needed to announce it and not players find out in game and speculate if it was a bug.
I must make a plea to the change on PoM and Arcane Power. This is the one trademark of the Arcane Tree that had stood the test of time. It falls today, and so falls the identity of Arcane.
There must be some other way you can fix pvp without touching PoM and Arcane Power. The arcane tree as it is right now, lost it's aura and lure. To me, Arcane has died even if it was still the top PVE dps tree.
ABar being nerfed for pvp purposes is a good thing. And honestly the difference it makes in PvE is very slight given the new rotation.
That said a dps nerf is still a dps nerf and on top of Arcane Power (not being able to stack that 30% with bloodlust etc) I don't think was really called for for PvE Arcane. Maybe it wont have much impact.
If it does, I think buffing raw Arcane Blast damage would be the best way to fix it. ABar is very powerful for an instant and missile barrage is very strong too. So maybe increase the coefficient of Ablast?
It would certainly make me question the value of arcane barrage in PvE. With the change to the AM glyph, it would likely be best now to stack arcane blast 3 times then cast arcane missiles and don't worry about waiting for a missile barrage proc.
I don't really want to go FFB spec, but if I see my damage suffering in the raid tonight I'll have no choice.
A last minute change was made to the mage Arcane Barrage spell which reduced its spell power coefficient. This change did not make it into the 3.0.9 patch notes. We will be carefully evaluating this change and its effects on game balance in both PvE and PvP. If you have constructive feedback to provide, please do so in this thread.
Q u o t e: I feel as though I'm forced into using ABarr as an AB-stack dump rather than because it's a solid spell in PvE.
I feel as though I'm forced into still using ABarr as my primary source of DPS in PvP because I still don't have much incentive to stand and cast as Arcane spec.
Replace 'incentive' with 'ability.' The spec needs a stun, period, or it won't be able to kill melee, let alone healers.
From the perspective of a PVP-centric Healadin ... all I can say is this:
My clothies that I heal for are regularly getting killed by melee classes ... from 100% to dead before I can even cast a single heal on them.
I have -never- seen them kill a Death Knight, Rogue, or Retadin so quickly that their healers couldn't heal them.
If you want to nerf the damage that Mages do, that's fine ... but I would like to see melee-wielding plate-wearers' and rogues' burst damage nerfed into the floor in return.
